I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
MILES DAVISIt takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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